Rolled shoe-angle.



B. G. BRA & W. J. BRADLEY. RO SHOE ANGLE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 1i, 1914.

Patented. Sept. 15.1914.

- 1g @MTE STTESJ CE# -Weber type,andparticularlyto aiImPI'OVQ* l BANoROrTf o. Bimiim, or NEWYORKQAND wiiiniiiivi liifiimntuf oiffritoy, INiivv i i NATION or" NEW YORK.

YORK, AssIGNoRsTo THE RAIL JOINT ooiwinNY,1fo'rNnwgeen, N. :gli c9330; 1h

To all whomc't may concern i State of New Yorin,- havej invente d lcertain This invention ment in the shoe angle thereof. f i;

Accordingly, the. lprin iarfy gobject of the "invention is to providelfaiiovel design *of shoe angle which canffbej;economically' .and lexpeditiously rolled inf'the" 'passes of \a ro ll-l `new andA useful Improvements in Rolled l ing mill-, whileqat.theQSainetimehaving a structural formation atlaptingjit to :the use?` of screw lspikes 'inA place' thefordinary out 4-1 gspikeswfoi..joint fastening@purposes.` f y `A further object o f'the invention is to l 4.provide a-.shoeangleihaving substantial and? sides,

l `symmetrical bearings fdrthe heads of-screw.y

spikes lat. both the outsideyand'finside of the joint,thes e bearings being-of suchpharactei as 4 t i i` ord firin and rigid supports fori vthe screw spike heads at their outerand; inner;

In thisfconnection, the present inven- -tionmakes special proyisionkfor theouter bearings. for the heads ofthe screwspikesly located at the inside ofthe jointby a novel;

i form of toe-flange at the inner edge yportion of the-shoe angle baseplate.4 Thisflangeis prodll'd by the rolling 'operation-,iV and with- 5 `out requiring special preparation of -.any

l of the passes to holdya larger quantity-ofi `metal than is ordinarily taken' Icare of by they usual' passes for rolled shoe angles. That is to say, the said rolled inner toeflange, ofthe i i, new shoe angle shape,yis gof the saine thickf ness as the base of thefshoeangle, thereby eni A i and distributed .in the rolls,l and inffaot per``y abling the metal to be niorereadily handled inittiii'g the base'of the shoe 'angle to'be rolled flat up to near the final passes wherein it "can i be bent up, at its yinner edge, to produce the outerybearing vreferred vto for screw spike heads. i n

With these and lother objectsuin view Q -whioh` will bey apparent to those familiar with this art, as the specific nature of the improvement isbetter understood, the same consists in the novel shoe-angle design herel `ginafter, fullyll-desoribed, illustrated,and

Qelaime df.,`Ar f I f u i Though. susceptible `of f SonieI structuralv Paeiieaseiai; 1914i modification@k without departing from Vthe [l scope of theinvention, apreferredand prac-` tical embodiment` is shown iiijthe'f `accompa-` nying drawingsinpwhich- .n i I Figure l `1s any lend' view, partly ini section,

`of aWeber typefoflr'ail jointhaving `the'im# l proved lshoe`-ang l e constructed in accordancev with the,preseiitz'inventioni "Figa 2 isa detail ingwperspeotivefof the improved/shoe-v angle,`-indifoating by fullanddottedfglines, the featuregof the'-design permitting the i shoe angle *beings rolled with its baseflat` throughoutjfor use! withplthe ordinary out-` spikes, as Wellas with'its inner edge, rolled* `upto produceftlie toeflange which provides" an ,ojiiterf` bearing 'fOr the heads ofy the screw spikes'.locatedlatqthe Iviiisidelofthe joint. I 1.? i Like ;referencj'characters designate co'r- "respond'ingfiparts inf` I"the several .fi,`gfures of the drawings. x

Tofiii'usmte? the. trfeatif @interment c' off the@ invention, the! saineisk shown the drawings applied tothe well 4 known ,typef of `ganization therail 1,' a side angle bar 42.1`it- *so l Weber rail joint which f includesnin ,its orside: of thegjoint, .a 'sidechannel bar 3 fitting i ,the .fiShingQ-space fof Athe rail .atl the outside v of the jOintf,-.;avshoeangle 14,. and a wooden yor equivalent oomprefssible filler block` 5 inof thejsho'e angle] and `theouterfside of [the channel bary 3.; The :ller T block .5 is. usually` kandxpreferably a reversible type rsothat Vit `islreversible endyfofr endigandtop' for .bot-

@impure parte @gather andrea, the .rails Iim the' well known mantieni and l for the i usual purpose."` Y

. The ldistinctvlff improvment i9`11.t@e1`` V` plated by the lpresent'invention resides in v`the novel structural characteristics of the m* 2:1" shoe-angle 4. This fshoe angle preserves'the conventional structuraland functional characteristics ofthe shoe-angle employed in the Weber type of rail joint, and essentially includes the uprightineinber orbolting 7plate `6 formed integrally with a rail-supporting base plate `8 which is of 'greater width than the rail bases so as to extend entirely bel "ner edges oftherail flanges.` n Fiirtherrnore,

- theshoe-angle also retainstl1efusual struc- 'tliral feature 'of having formed jtlierevvith, at thef`j`linction' of "thejupri'glitInernloer '6 and the basefplate y8, an'outwardly:projecting Y spiking toe or flange 9. v,This spikingl toejor v flange Slis provided therein vviththelrequi- 1l 'f In order thattheentire p y Avcompleted bythe;ro'llingyoperation lin the passes of arollin'g rnill,I anhdthe'outerhear.--

side '12,of the head 13 of a -screvvspike;'llla Sothat theheadsof the spikes located at the outsidefof the.jointare,allSprovided-vvith af symmetrical bearing snpporting'hoth the ini `V`ingi'orined: for the heads of-"thgcspikes at the inside (')fgthe` joint; the same vamount of .-iletal-Li's carriedjthrolighout thebaseplate 8 4 'fsoil `that the same i'sWof uniforrnthickness f'. "i romionejedge -toffthe other.` -This'enables f "j-:them'etal to be readilyrhandleid'and distrib- `'mits ofthe forniationlroffa W l 15'by't'h'e nal passesof theimillz n l lmaking special-provisionto'carefora larger quantityofinetaljthan usnalfintherolling I Yof the iordinaryfsnhoevk angle.` -@Accordingly,`

the kkshoe-angle In'ayljbe rolled` in it'sgfnsnal orm having: the leasenieinloer,y thereof )ilat use `With theordinary cutvfspikes/,jbut to adaptI it for' screw spikes," according `to the present" invention,y the basel" niembenfof the n j angle is l rolled flat, up to-)near -the v`final passes-@of the millthese flnalpas'sesf-being 'By' this operation a reverS'ejAbend-is given ito ysaid? inner edge'vviths the'resultfzof producing the ltoe-Harige*1,5y having; an ripper= inclined v pressnrel limposed thereor'l. -1-

` v vresortedtovv ice-angle Inay'be inner to flange Q spike hole,` 'andi wit bearihgl suifa'ei 'whiflfl4 isdisposew the i' saine, angle as theangle ofthe under surface" 575' of the screw-spike head. 1V

rolled `inner-"edge portion the 'baseylfmeniv I ,ber-O the shoe angltdreceiv a screw Spike:

18having theV usual spike head 19 provided 60y withK a lconical lunder surface Q0 yadaptedto have a symmetrical bearinguponthefra'il1 "flange"s'aidnpperinclined bearing sur-` f `Va'fce 16 of the toe flange 15. Hence,k the said spike head has loothan inside andi an'foiltsidel bearing Which-i lirinly and rigidly supports the saine againstljoutvvard tilting loy :lateral Changes in theform, prportiong; and minor details of constrnctionas fallingvvithin the'scope of'the appended clai'rnsirnayhe thoiut4 departing from 'the spirit orsacrificing any `ofjgtheadvantages oi1 *the I invention. f

ffii ,.We Claim.; a *j I l M .75 f 1.- A vshoe angle orgralij'oints"Whosejbase 1' meinber is providdjvvithfan upvvardlybent 'rolled inneriedgepoition having a spike re- 1 head 'bearing .v Surface disposed! at thev outer` lthe inner edgel'p .aupper side an? inclined"cuter'` spikefhe'a 'l hearing.y 1 I SpAshoeA angle or ai' the Jinneredge y of 'f thehole. ;1`f.'" I n l Y.. f 4L.L Ashoeangle lfor raill jonvtsprovded at Y thev inner edg'ejjpjorti'onl ofits. bas' m'eniber fr* with. annpvvardly bent -lrolled toeelan'ge of the same thickness astlie remaining portion ourl signatures A'ur theljpresence` of :two wie,

. Platini-COSER, JLl .11j

L, on; @i vernehmew `vvith'a' rolled 'toe-ii'angehentltopresent atfjits i This :toe-flan e@ 15A is ftheidis'tinguishing f l n Y`and-zirnp' r.tant eature 'of thefires;entinven-k r tion.` i stated, itis bent intojitfsfinall-orni ,by `the` rolling"(passesL of,` theimil Without Ilointsfprovvided Y y l 

